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View Name: Jocasta


JOCASTA
GENDER: Feminine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ιοκαστη (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: jo-KAS-tÉ™ (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Latinized form of Greek Ιοκαστη (Iokaste), which is of unknown meaning. In Greek myth she was the mother and wife of Oedipus.
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